Rocaille Seed Bead Earrings

The triangle is made from shrink plastic sheets painted with colouring pencils. The rocaille seed beads are threaded onto a piece of wire and then attached onto earwires.

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788

1

Draw an equilateral triangle, each side measuring 6cm on a piece of shrink plastic sheet.

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788

2

Cut it out.

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788

3

Decorate it with colouring pencils.

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788

4

Make small holes at the bottom of the triangle (a total of seven) and one medium sized hole at the top of the triangle.

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788

5

Let it shrink in the oven at 150 C (see the instructions on the shrink plastic sheets).

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788

6

Cut seven pieces of beading wire. Close one end on each with a crimp bead.

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788

7

Thread rocaille seed beads onto the wires as illustrated. The number of the top purple colour bead varies. Thread 13 purple beads onto the middle wires. On either side of the middle wire thread 10 purple beads. On either side of these, thread seven purple beads and on the last wires thread a further four purple beads. You now have a total of seven pieces of wire.

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788

8

Attach the pieces of wire to the small holes on the triangle using crimp beads.

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788

9

Thread an earwire through a round jump ring and attach this through the hole at the top of the triangle.

Earrings with Rocaille Seed Beads - 124788